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| The tank that could fly into battle |
| 2022-10-21 |
| [BBC] In World War Two, the Soviet Union devised a tank that could fly into battle. What happened to this ingenious, if unorthodox, concept? ...The advent of large helicopters and dedicated military transports after the end of World War Two rendered the flying tank idea redundant. During the Cold War, the Soviets devised several vehicles that could be parachuted to the ground with their crew inside. The vehicles were loaded into pallets with parachutes attached, and a special rocket system which fired when the pallet neared the ground. The rockets significantly slowed the descent, and allowed the vehicles to instantly head into battle. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 Anything is air droppable once. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-10-21 20:22 |
| #5 Re:#2 Sad DarthVader but true, The Russians should give up on the "flying turrets" concept as crew survivability is rather low. |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2022-10-21 19:31 |
| #4 I prefer the term Grognard, Steve, but thanks |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2022-10-21 18:31 |
| #3 It became the Hind? Mercutio wins War Nerd Snark of the Day! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-10-21 17:59 |
| #2 The the Russians already have flying turrets, so we might as well go for the full tank. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-10-21 11:29 |
| #1 What happened to this ingenious, if unorthodox, concept? It became the Hind? |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2022-10-21 10:22 |